Sport shirt or like garment



Feb. 12, 1952 J. 1. LEVlTT SPORT SHIRT ORYLIKE GARMEN'T Filed July 13,1950 Joseph Levi/l INVENTOR.

1 BY E) Attorney:

Patented Feb. 12, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel sport shirt or like body garment ofthe vest or sleeveless and collarless type.

The object of the present invention is to provide a garment of the abovekind which comprises back and front sections joined by shoulder seamsand cut out to form side arm openings and a large neck opening at thejuncture of said sections through which the head may pass, the side edgeportions of the back section being adapted to overlap those of the frontsection at the sides of the garment below the arm openings, and spacedmeans being provided to separably connect each side edge of the backsection to the adjacent side of the front section directly under the armopening and at the bottom of the garment, said sections being free ofconnection with each other between said spaced means, so that the sideedge portions of the back section between said spaced means will act toscoop air into the garment at the sides of the latter for ventilatingand cooling purposes, upon forward travel of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a garment embodying the presentinvention, as it appears when being worn.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line 33 ofFigure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 indicates a back section and 6indicates a front section. These sections are preferably made ofsuitable woven textile fabric such as commonly used in the manufactureof sport shirts, and they are permanently joined by shoulder seams 1.The sections 5 and 5 are also cut out to form side arm openings 8 and alarge neck opening 9 at the juncture of said sections between theshoulder seams.

The side edge portions IU of the back section are adapted to overlap theside edge portions H of the front section at the sides of the garmentbelow the arm openings, and spaced means are provided, as at l2 and [2ato separably connect each side edge of the back section to the adjacentside of the front section. This leaves the sections free of connectionwith each other between the means l2 and I20, at each side of thegarment, so that the edge portions of the back section between suchmeans may bulge outwardly and act to scoop air into the garment at thesides of the latter, for ventilating and cooling purposes, upon forwardtravel of the wearer. As shown, the means l2 and 12a may includeprojecting tabs l3 and 14 on the side edges of the back section providedwith buttonholes to receive buttons l5 and I6 attached to the frontsection.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A collarless and sleeveless shirt comprising front and back sectionspermanently joined by shoulder seams and cut out to provide side armopenings and a large neck opening between the shoulder seams at thejuncture of said sections, the side edge portions of the back sectionbeing overlapped upon the side edge portions of the front section at thesides of the shirt, and spaced means separably connecting the side edgesof the back section to the adjacent sides of the front section directlyunder the arm openings and at the bottom of the shirt, the sectionsbeing free of connection with each other between said spaced means sothat the side edge portions of the back section bulge outwardly betweensaid spaced means to scoop air into the garment at the sides of thelatter upon forward travel of the wearer.

2. A shirt according to claim 1, wherein said spaced means includeprojecting tabs on the side edges of the back section, and means todetachably connect said tabs to the front section.

JOSEPH I; LEVITI'.

1 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 146,879 Culver Jan. 27, 18742,388,926 Mirsky Nov. 13, 1945

